NEWTEC TO STRENGTHEN MIDDLE EAST PRESENCE WITH MOU SIGNING AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF MENOS NETWORK EXTENSION DURING ROYAL VISIT
- Chamber of Commerce, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Newtec strengthened its Middle East presence with a MOU signing and announcement of MENOS Network extension during royal visit on Sunday October 25 in the Chamber of Commerce in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which was witnessed by HRH Prince Philippe of Belgium.
- MOU signing between Newtec and Arabsat
Newtec signed an MOU with Arabsat that lead to the two companies increasing their co-operation and partnership by jointly developing new markets and technologies in order to promote, sell and implement the latest satellite-based solutions to customers throughout the Middle East.
Arabsat and ASBU also signed a purchase agreement with Newtec for the implementation of a MENOS network extension. This extension will allow the satellite migration of the existing service on Arabsat BADR4 satellite towards the new Arabsat 5A satellite that will be launched early 2010.
Newtec presented the award it won last month at the IBC Show in Amsterdam – the top outside broadcasting award – to Arabsat and the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU).
The award was given for MENOS (Multimedia Exchange Network over Satellite), Newtec’s revolutionary networking concept used to exchange multimedia content over satellite, allowing broadcasters to share video and audio material among scattered sites in a fully automated and cost efficient way.
From left to right:
Laurent Roussel (Managing Director, Newtec MENA),
Mueid G. Al Zahrani (VP & CTO of Arabsat),
Dr. Riyadh K. Najm (ASBU President and Assistant Deputy Minister for Engineering, Ministry of Culture and Information, KSA),
Serge Van Herck (CEO Newtec)